2004 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
The analysis of turbulent flow shear stress-responsive genes in vascular endothelial cells
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15500323
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Biomedical engineering/Biological material science
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| Research Institution | Saitama medical school |
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Principal Investigator |
OHURA Norihiko Saitama medical school, Lecture, 医学部, 講師 (40322424)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
ICHIOKA Shigeru Saitama medical school, Associate Professor, 医学部, 助教授 (60306272)
KUDO Satoshi Saitama medical school, Assistant fellow, 医学部, 助手 (80255116)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2003 – 2004
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| Keywords | DNA microarray / Shear stress / Turbulent flow / Laminar flow / Shear-stress-responsive genes / Endothelial cell |
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| Research Abstract |
DNA microarray gene expression analysis was conducted in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) and coronary artery endothelial cells (HCAECs) exposed to laminar or turbulent shear stress. Approximately 3% of the total 5600 gene in HUVECs and HCAECs increased their expression more than two-fold or decreased it to less than half the static control in response to an arterial level of laminar shear stress (15 dynes/cm(2) for 24 hours). The proportions of shear-stress-responsive genes decreased to around 2% under the venous level of laminar shear stress (1.5 dynes/cm(2)) in both cell lines. Turbulent shear stress of 1.5 dynes/cm(2) altered the expression of 1.1% of all genes in the HCAECs. Laminar shear stress, but not turbulent shear stress, decreased the expression of a number of genes involved in DNA synthesis and the cell cycle in both HUVECs and HCAECs. Clustering analysis showed a variety of temporal profiles of gene expression in HUVECs exposed to laminar shear stress of 15 dynes/cm(2) for 3, 6, 12, 24, and 48 hours. Turbulent shear stress affected expression of many genes that play a role in vascular remodeling, including genes encoding plasminogen activators and their inhibitor, endothelin-1, transforming growth factor-beta, collagen type IV, and ephrin A1.
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Research Products
(6 results)
